Prescribed dietary advice
What is covered by your health insurance?
The costs are covered by your health insurance, if you experience health problems that are caused by inadaquate nutrition or which need dietary interventions to treat you or to relieve your symptoms, for example for irritable bowel syndrome. For this, you will need a prescription.
Please, see here a comprehensive list of health problems according to the below listed prescription form that qualify for prescribed nutritional therapy.
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Categoy of health problem |
Examples (incomplete list) |
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Metabolic disorders |
diabetes, high blood cholesterol, triglycerides |
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Obesity |
With a body mass index at least 30 kg/m2 |
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Cardiovascular diseases |
Coronary artery disease, high blood pressure |
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Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract |
Intolerances to food like lactoseintolerance, fructosemalabsorption, histamine intolerance Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and inflammation of the liver (NASH) Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis Coeliac disease Problems after surgery, f. e. with adhesions Gastric acid reflux disease |
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Kidney diseases |
Insufficiency, kidney stones, kidney dialysis |
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Malnutrition & underweight |
Specific nutrient deficiencies Underweight, involuntary weight loss Eating disorders like anorexia & bulimia |
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Food allergies |
Nut allergy, cross allergy |
Costs
The costs for the consultations are according to an agreement between the Schweizerischer Verband diplomierter Ernährungsberaterinnen (SVDE) und Santésuisse. You will be provided with further information during the first appointment and you can find more information under downloads.
Please, note that consultations that are not cancelled at least 48 hours prior to the appointment will be charged fully. These costs are not covered by the health insurance.